Why not do a group read of THE great American novel? Moby-Dick?

[alice malice]

Defamation my ass. Read the post again. Look at the list. What I said is
that a fast fish, that is, a person who attaches herself to any of the
parties in this conflict may find herself defending extremists and
monomaniacal narcissists like Putin, positions, like the one taken by
Bush/Obama-the expansion of NATO--a position you have identified as
provocative and irresponsible and thus do not support etc....so, my advice
is to remain a loose fish, to not take a fast position, not attach oneself
to the ideological positions but dive deeper, read Melville etc. and
consider the great complexity of it all.

As far as I can tell, the only thing you've defended is your right to limit
our use of adjectives.

On Wednesday, April 16, 2014, Thomas Eckhardt <thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de>
wrote:

> The highfalutin bs is taken for granted but with regard to my political
> views your two consecutive posts amount to a defamation of character. How
> dare you publicly call me a defender of the far right after I have
> expressly critizised Western support for a government that includes
> Svoboda? How dare you insinuate that I defend neo-Nazis?
>
> These are outright lies, and you know it.
>
> Now, where is this filter thingy...
>
>
> Am 15.04.2014 13:02, schrieb alice malice:
>
>> Yes, a fast fish may find itself defending NATO expansion, Putin,
>> fascists, even Neo-Nazis. Best to hang loose, dive deep, read The
>> Whale.
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 12:51 PM, Ian Livingston
>> <igrlivingston at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey, it's good to defy easy categorization. Welcome to freakdom, Thomas!
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 11:21 PM, Thomas Eckhardt
>>> <thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ah, my fault. Should have resisted the urge to add a provocation to the
>>>> compliment.
>>>>
>>>> Am 13.04.2014 12:18, schrieb alice malice:
>>>>
>>>>  Well, I'd rather not hear your German Nationalism and defense of the
>>>>> far Right
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  From leftist to nationalist and supporter of the far right in a few
>>>> weeks?
>>>> Oh well.
>>>>
>>>> -
>>>> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  -
>> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l
>>
>>
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